They Live: The Story Behind How Roddy Piper Came Up with the Movie’s Most Famous Line
In the exact scene from John Carpenter’s action-horror masterpiece They Live, when they overheard it, those eerie shape-shifting extraterrestrials were utterly shocked by the words. Thirty-five years have passed since Roddy Piper first donned his fighting gear, stormed a bank, and delivered his iconic battle cry about chewing gum. To this day, that chilling remark continues to be the film’s most recognized and frequently repeated line.